The lymphatic system has been called the most important system in your body. The lymphatic system plays a dominant role in how other systems are regulated in their functioning. When one doesn’t move regularly, breathe deeply, does not sweat, and does not eat right, the lymphatic system can get clogged. As this happens, it exposes your body to all sorts of conditions, illnesses, and diseases. Despite this, clogging of the lymphatic system is preventable.
Lymph is the fluid in your blood. Lymph is one of seven body tissues. As our mental or physical bodies are put under stress, it’s the first body tissue affected and compromised. The other body tissues are blood, muscle, fat, bone, nervous tissue, and reproductive tissue. The lymphatic system’s main function is to eliminate toxins from the connective tissues in our organs and muscles. For the lymphatic system to do its job, it requires on daily movement of all parts of the body to function properly.
The lymphatic system is difficult, compared to other systems in our body. Unlike blood which has the heart to help circulate it around the body, there is no pumping device or motivation to keep lymph fluid moving. In every body, there are muscles responsible for breathing surrounding the lungs and diaphragm, and which extend into the abdomen. These muscles exert significant pressure on the intestinal lymph vessels. They squeeze its contents and force the lymph to move through its ducts.
This process of pushing lymph through the lymph ducts is only possible through deep breathing however. As one inhales and exhales, this is the indirect pump of the lymphatic system. As one exercises, this initiates sweating and heavy breathing which are great things for your lymphatic system. Comparatively, shallow breathing does not motivate proper lymph drainage, and sedentary living is closely associated with shallow breathing.
All in all, your lymphatic system has three purposes. It’s the delivery system which energizes the cells in your body after eating a meal. It’s the primary carrier of one’s immune system. It’s also the detoxification channel that releases harmful fats and proteins which have been incompletely digested upstream in the stomach and small intestines. As the lymphatic system gets clogged, it leads to more fat storage around the belly post-meal, compromises immunity, results in weight gain and decreased energy, and can potentially lead to an inability to digest gluten and other materials.
When your lymphatic system cannot rid the body of toxins, this leaves them to indefinitely cycle around the body or to install inside muscle and tissue. When you use a sauna, it helps your lymphatic system function by sweating out the available toxins limiting stress on your system as well as initiating deep breathing. If you’re unsure whether your lymphatic system is clogged, symptoms include soreness or stiffness in the morning, feeling tired, bloating, itchy skin, water retention, breast swelling, dry skin, brain fog, and cold hands and feet.
If you think your lymphatic system is experiencing some difficulties, you may want to consider starting on regular sauna sessions. Sauna use pertaining to lymphatic drainage is all about preventative measures to ensure your system keeps working properly, that your body gets right, and that diseases associated with lymphatic drainage are kept at bay. Expel toxins through sweating and clear out your system in the most efficient way you can. Tap into the power of a sauna today.